Dual citizens can stand for council, NT Parliament

By ERWIN CHLANDA

The Federal Government may be on the brink of collapse because Deputy Prime Minster Barnaby Joyce (pictured) is a Kiwi (by descent), but voters in Alice Springs can pre-poll without fear because council candidates are allowed to have two or more citizenships.

One of them must be Australian, of course.

The same applies to candidates for a seat in the NT Government, according to the NT Electoral Commission.

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